When Christenberry H. Abernathy was born in 1854, in Georgia, United States, his father, James Abernathy, was 39 and his mother, Lucinda Allison, was 36. He married Ruth Ann Adams on 9 January 1875, in White, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in District 268, Hall, Georgia, United States in 1900 and Lula, Hall, Georgia, United States in 1920. He died on 22 November 1936, in Hall, Georgia, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Gillsville, Hall, Georgia, United States.